DISEASE IN THE TONGUE OF A COLT. 
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action would quickly be perceived, I should say, give it in that 
commonly called blain, the proximate cause of which appears to 
be a suppression of the cutaneous exhalation, and is indicated by 
a sudden swelling of the eyelids, labia pudendi, &c., a copious 
flow of saliva and tears, with obstructed respiration from laryn- 
geal and nasal suffusion ; the integuments adhering tightly to 
the body, and the skin on the neck feeling like a board. These 
symptoms are often soon removed by the preparations of anti- 
mony. This disease should not be confounded with glosso- 
anthrax, from which it differs widely. 
The action of p. antim. comp, is more certain and energetic 
on the cow than on the horse. Perhaps acidity may abound 
more in the stomachs of the former than of the latter. 
Many years ago, I was desired to prescribe for a sow, very ill, 
soon after delivery, of what seemed to be encephalitis parturiens, 
and being paralytic, the skin very red, the breathing hurried, and 
the lactific secretion suspended. She soon recovered on having a 
few doses of this powder. j 
I do not think it is any way preferable to the antim. pot. tart, 
for cattle, and, when injudiciously administered, it certainly is 
quite as dangerous. 
A CASE OF DISEASE IN THE TONGUE OF A COLT. 
By Mr . Thomas Mayer, Sen . V.S . , New castle- under -Line. 
Having about twelve months ago met with a case similar to 
that of Mr. Howell’s, which may be interesting to the junior 
parts of the profession, I herewith send it to you. 
The affection of the tongue occurred in a two-year old blood 
colt, which had overgrown its strength, and was thin, and out of 
condition. The coat looked staring ; the faecal discharge was 
very foetid, of a chalky colour, and consisting of a good deal of 
mucus. There was febrile action accompanying this general 
derangement of the digestive organs. The tongue was much 
swollen, very indurated, and on the sides and under part of it, 
from the fraenum to the tip, full of ulcers, exceeding in some the 
size of a pea; and in others being from two inches and a half long 
to half an inch wide, the edges being jagged, and containing, 
in the interior, sloughs extending to different depths, a yellow, 
dry, curdy matter, as if it had been produced by aquafortis. 
This sloughing process went on for nearly six weeks, the sloughs 
allowing to be excavated out, leaving a deep irregular hollow, of 
